I do not know when it happened. Somewhere down the line we lost the reason that we went to Restaurants. Going out, going to a Restaurant was a celebration. We would go to celebrate anniversaries, we would go to celebrate birthdays,celebrate a new relationship or a new job. We would go out to experience something new, something that we could not get at home.
We have turned the extraordinary into the mundane. Every Restaurant now is more like a QSR ( Quick Serve Restaurant) than something special. Food, good food, has to be something special, a celebration in itself. Food is more than fuel for our bodies it is platform for the sublime and a vehicle for fond memories.
If they are going to reduce the event of eating to just another burger we are going to have to bring Fine Dining home. We have to bring excitement to our dinner table. Dust off Nana's old recipes and invent for ourselves the New Guard of culinary arts. Bring back the celebration to the plate.
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